Tyler I would be more likely just to make your vodka then find a mixer that you can match up. I thought something similar once and figured maybe the spritz

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Tyler I would be more likely just to make your vodka then find a mixer that
you can match up. I thought something similar once and figured maybe the
spritz range (I am in Oz) which are the clear mineral water flavoured
carbonated drinks that are sweet tasting would do the job....

Might look into that again now, thanks for the reminder! 8-)

>From: "tyler_97355" <kd7enm@...>
>Reply-To: new_distillers@yahoogroups.com
>To: new_distillers@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [new_distillers] Smirnoff ice
>Date: Sun, 02 Jul 2006 21:54:01 -0000
>
>
>I know this is more of a brewing question, but i was wondering how i
>could make something like smirnoff ice, or mikes hard lemonade.
>
>I was thinking of just making a low alcohol sugar wash and adding some
>lemon juice or koolaid, then just filter out the yeast and nutriants
>after the fermentation.
>
>anyone have any ideas?
>
>thanks,
>-Tyler
>
>
>
>

BigRon BigRon

Here is a lemonade recipe that i used I liked it it was a bit hard on the heart burn though 8 large lemons 10 oz can of white grape juice concentrate 2 lbs

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, Jul 3, 2006

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Here is a lemonade recipe that i used I liked it
it was a bit hard on the heart burn though

This is a hard one to get fermenting
with all of the acid
it is a real bear to get going
so make a big starter and get it rolling
that is for 1 gallon
Also try lime aide, raspberry aide
just about any flavor you want to give a whirl

>
>
> I know this is more of a brewing question, but i was wondering how i
> could make something like smirnoff ice, or mikes hard lemonade.
>
> I was thinking of just making a low alcohol sugar wash and adding some
> lemon juice or koolaid, then just filter out the yeast and nutriants
> after the fermentation.
>
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> thanks,
> -Tyler
>

Have you actually read the ingredients on the bottle? the majority of
the alcohol comes from cheapo wine, with only a dash of Smirnoff vodka
to satisfy the Smirnoff branding. So i'm guessing most of the flavour
is in the other ingredients, not from the vodka. Your idea to make a
low wine and flavour it with some sorty of juice/cordial is probably
the simplest- i think alcotech make a liquer pack which essentially
does this, using a clearing agent after fermentation.
cheers
benja

what they are is essentially unhopped beer fermented and then passed
through a stack of actvated carbon filters to remove all traces of
color and flavor before the desired flavor and sweetening are added.

They are ALL made this way because of the differences in the
way fermented alcoholic beverages and distilled beverages are
taxed.

You's think it's be easier and cheaper to make it with neutral spirt,
lemon juice and water, but due to the disparity in taxation...

Making your own? is it so tough to add a liter of neutral spirit
to 5gallons of Lemonaid?
If you want it carbonated you basically need to be a homebrewer
Who kegs and force carbonates their beer.

AllanD

--- In new_distillers@yahoogroups.com, "tyler_97355" <kd7enm@...> wrote:
>
>
> I know this is more of a brewing question, but i was wondering how i
> could make something like smirnoff ice, or mikes hard lemonade.
>
> I was thinking of just making a low alcohol sugar wash and adding
some
> lemon juice or koolaid, then just filter out the yeast and nutriants
> after the fermentation.
>
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> thanks,
> -Tyler
>

Allan DeGroot

How about this one that s been popular at parties.... Start with a 5gallon corny keg Add 3 32oz bottles of lemon juice, 1 liter of 100proof spirit one 5lb bag

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How about this one that's been popular at parties....

Start with a 5gallon corny keg
Add 3 32oz bottles of lemon juice, 1 liter of 100proof spirit
one 5lb bag of sugar, though this is best predissolved in 6quarts of
warm or even hot water and allowed to cool and sufficient water to
fill the keg.

Pressurize to 80psi and lay down in a 68quare coleman cooler and
bury it in ice.

Usually the drive to where it will be consumed will agitate it
sufficiently to dissolve the gas.

Substituting Lime juice and using tequila can be amusing

Using only TWO quarts of lemon juice but adding a half gallon of
grapefruit juice was met with rave reviews as well.

into primary. Juice all lemons and add juice to primary. Add grape
juice to primary and add sugar water. Cover primary and set aside to
cool to room temperature. Add tannin, yeast nutrient and pectic
enzyme. After 12 hours, add yeast. Ferment until specific gravity
drops to 1.020 (about 8 days). Rack into secondary, top up if
required and fit airlock. In 4-6 weeks, check specific gravity. Rack
when S.G. is 1.000. Top up and refit airlock. Age 6 months, checking
water in airlock periodically. Rack into bottles and age additional 6
months before tasting.

>
>
>
> That is with real lemons
> here is one with concentrate
> I have made it as well and it is powerful in taste and acid
>
> but it is good
>
>
> 3 cans frozen juice concentrate
> 1 tsp yeast nutrient
> ½ to 1 cup sugar
> 3 quarts water
> Yeast: Lalvin 1118 (or other Champagne
>
> This is a hard one to get fermenting
> with all of the acid
> it is a real bear to get going
> so make a big starter and get it rolling
> that is for 1 gallon
> Also try lime aide, raspberry aide
> just about any flavor you want to give a whirl
>
> Ron
>
>
> tyler_97355 <kd7enm@...> wrote:
>
> I know this is more of a brewing question, but i was wondering how

i

> could make something like smirnoff ice, or mikes hard lemonade.
>
> I was thinking of just making a low alcohol sugar wash and adding

what they are is essentially unhopped beer fermented and then passed
through a stack of actvated carbon filters to remove all traces of
color and flavor before the desired flavor and sweetening are added.

They are ALL made this way because of the differences in the
way fermented alcoholic beverages and distilled beverages are
taxed.
...

AllanD

--- In new_distillers@yahoogroups.com, "tyler_97355" <kd7enm@...> wrote:
>
>
> I know this is more of a brewing question, but i was wondering how i
> could make something like smirnoff ice, or mikes hard lemonade.
>
> I was thinking of just making a low alcohol sugar wash and adding
some
> lemon juice or koolaid, then just filter out the yeast and nutriants
> after the fermentation.
>
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> thanks,
> -Tyler
>

Brad McMahon

... In Australia, RTDs (Ready-To-Drink) are often white wine based.

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On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 22:33 -0400, Brendan Keith wrote:

> Depends where you are buying them. I'm not sure that every state makes
> them
> with malt liquor.
>
> In Canada, they're vodka based.

In Australia, RTDs (Ready-To-Drink) are often white wine based.

>

Allan DeGroot

In the United States it s a matter of federal Tax law. Though the product will be made at different alcohol content to meet differeing state regulations if you

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In the United States it's a matter of federal Tax law.

Though the product will be made at different alcohol content
to meet differeing state regulations if you actually find a bottle
that isn't "Flavored Malt Beverage" I'd like to see the empty bottle.

In Canada? I wouldn't be a bit suprised to see Smirnoff Ice actually
made with Smirnoff Vodka. Made that way it'd probably give you less
of a hangover as well.